I'm been on /a/ long enough to know that the obscurity of the series plays a large factor in whether or not it receives mass support from the board. Put simply, had this show been popular outside of /a/ then non of you would be praising it this hard.

>>115328662
But it was popular outside of /a/, very popular actually. It's not even remotely 'underground'.

The source material is a very popular manga, it was adapted by a very popular director, it had already been adapted to a very popular movie. If you think this is some hipster title only /a/ likes for the sake of being elite you're very mistaken.

>>115329093
It doesn't follow the manga. Instead it's some pretty mediocre attempt at modernizing the original. Prepare for your typical edgemaster teenager drama, full of darkness and dubstep. Yes, Badhouse decided that dubstep would the the most appropriate choice for the OST.

>>115328811>popular outside of /a/, very popular actually
#1039 by popularity on MAL
Compared to #62 NGNL which aired the same season.
There's also 15 other shows that had more watches that season than Ping Pong.
It's not very popular outside of /a/, just very well liked by the few people that watched it.

>>115329448
On MAL about 10% of the number of people who watched NGNL is the number of people who watched Ping Pong. I think the same is about true for /a/. It's popularity is about the same everywhere. It's as highly regarded as it is everywhere, not just /a/.

Mushishi is pretty to look at but otherwise there's nothing great about it. It has sort of an interesting concept, but all of the stories are dull, and pretend to be deeper than they really are. All it does is make you want to fall asleep.

>>115336305
That's what I mean, of course. It's very pretty. When I first watched it back in 2006, I thought it was the most amazing thing ever, but I tried rewatching a few months ago in anticipation of the new season, and it didn't do anything for me. There are some neat ideas here and there, but the characters are flat, and the writing is nothing special

Looks like absolute dog shit
I don't give a fuck about "muh style", it's lazy and looks like a kindergartener drew a lot of the key frames
Good music and characters, but really hard to stomach this god awful art